Hossein Badamchi
Ancient Law
LL.B.; B.A.: Islamic Law and Jurisprudence, Razavi University of Islamic Sciences (2001)
LL.M.: Criminal Law and Criminology, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran (2004)
Interests: theory and method in ancient Near Eastern law; comparative legal history
mlbadamchi@yahoo.com
Joshua Bowen
Assyriology Christopher Brinker
Archaeology
B.A.: Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, Boston University (2006) Interests: Early and Middle Bronze Age Syria-Palestine, Archaeological Population Studies, Bone Pathologies
cdbrinker@jhu.edu Karen (Maggie) Bryson
Egyptology Katie Cobb
Egyptology
B.A.: Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University (2009)
katie.cobb@jhu.edu
Isabel Cranz
Hebrew Bible
icranz@jhu.edu Andrew R. Davis
Hebrew Bible
Samuel H. Kress Fellow, W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (2007-08)
Master of Theological Studies: Weston Jesuit School of Theology (2004)
B.A.: Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000)
Interests: ancient Israelite religion, archaeology of Syria-Palestine, biblical criticism
adavis58@jhu.ed
Heath D. Dewrell
Hebrew Bible
M.A.R.: Yale Divinity School (2006)
B.A.: Oral Roberts University (2003)
Interests: religions of ancient Israel and Judah, relationship of Israel and Judah to one another and their neighbors during the monarchic period
hdewrell@jhu.edu Tiffany Earley
Archaeology Dina El Gabry
Egyptian Art and Archeology
Interests: Egyptian Art in the era between the old kingdom and the new kingdom
delgabr1@jhu.edu Ashley Fiutko
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
B.A.: Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Art and Archaeology and Classics, University of California, Berkeley (2007)
a.fiutko@jhu.edu Erin Fleming
Hebrew Bible
Master of Divinity: Union Theological Seminary (2007)
B.A.: English and History, Texas A&M University (2003)
Interests: Israelite religion, divine-human communication, feminist biblical criticism
erinfleming@jhu.edu Meredith Fraser
Egyptian Art and Archaeology
B.A.: Classical Archaeology, The University of Texas at Austin (2006)
merefraser@jhu.edu Erin Guinn-Villareal
Hebrew Bible/Northwest Simitic Philology
B.A.: Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of
Chicago (2009)
egv@jhu.edu
Ronan Head
Assyriology
M.Phil.: Oriental Studies. University of Oxford (2002)
B.A.: Ancient History, University of Birmingham (2000)
Interests: legal texts, slavery, late Babylonian history, the Bible and Mesopotamia, Mormon studies
ronan@jhu.edu Fatma Ismail
Egyptology
fatmatalat@hotmail.com Alexandra Kleinerman
Assyriology
akleine3@jhu.edu Andrew Knapp
Hebrew Bible
M.T.S.: University of Notre Dame (2007)
B.A.: Seattle Pacific University (2004)
aknapp2@jhu.edu Adam Maskevich
Near Eastern Archaeology
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University (2004) B.A.: Anthropology, Religion, Rutgers University (2000) Interests: Synthesis of archaeological and textual data, transition from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, the ancient urban landscape, abandonment of cities in late 3rd millennium Syria, Assyria in the 2nd millennium, cross-cultural analysis, Mesopotamian perspectives of their own past, ancient Mesopotamian cuisine
Email: maskevich@jhu.edu Heather Dana Davis Parker
Hebrew Bible/Northwest Semitic
M.A.R.: Hebrew Bible & Semitic Studies: Emmanuel School of Religion (2005)
Interests: Northwest Semitic Epigraphy
hparker5@jhu.edu Jeremy Pope
Egyptology
Jacob K. Javits Fellow
M.A.: Egyptology, Johns Hopkins University (2008)
M.A.: African History, Johns Hopkins University (2002)
B.A.: History, University of Virginia (1998)
Interests: Egypto-Nubian relations in all periods; political and cultural history of Egypt's Third Intermediate and Late Periods; Middle Kingdom art and literature; Napatan inscriptions, Meroitica
jeremypope@jhu.edu David Rosenstein
Hebrew Bible
helix2k@aol.com Scott Rufolo
Archaeology
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, The Johns Hopkins University (2004)?
Mphil.: Archaeological Heritage Management and Museum Studies, University of Cambridge (2000)
M.S.: Paleobiology, Brigham Young University (1998)
B.A.: Geological Sciences and Anthropology, Rutgers University (1994)
Interests: complex society, origins of agriculture, zooarchaeology, the archaeology of Mesopotamia and surrounding regions, modern and ancient languages, museology
srufolo1@jhu.edu Michael Simone, S.J.
Hebrew Bible
S.T.L.: Patristic Theology, Weston Jesuit School of Theology (2008)
M.Div.: Weston Jesuit School of Theology (2007)
B.A.: History, John Carroll University (1995)
Interests: The interaction of experience, text, and memory in Abrahamic
religions.
msimone2@jhu.edu Jaime Waters
Hebrew Bible/Northwest Semitics
M.A.R.: Yale Divinity School (2008)
B.A.: Boston College (2006)
jlw@jhu.edu
Laura Wright
Hebrew Bible
Master of Divinity: Princeton Theological Seminary (2004)
B.A.: Classics with primary emphasis in Greek, University of Missouri at Columbia (2001)
Interests: Northwest Semitic Iconography and Epigraphy
lwrigh27@jhu.edu Sarah Tafler Koplik Yukich
Archaeology
B.A.: Anthropology and Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania (2004)
M.A.: Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University (2009)
Interests: Bronze Age Syria-Palestine, archaeological survey, GIS and
spatial analysis, ceramic analysis, trade routes, comparative religions of
the ancient Near East
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